Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion

Ms Sabha Greene:

It depends. Defamation entails a court action. Typically, intellectual property rights breaches involve the court. With regard to criminal material, such as that on how to make explosives, I do not think you have to go to court. The Garda may be able to take a view on that. I am not sure there has to be a court order for child sexual abuse material. We can check these for the Deputy.

On mislabelled goods, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is the market-surveillance body. The Health Products Regulatory Authority knows whether drugs or medical devices are mislabelled. I do not believe it has to go to court first; it can issue orders itself. Therefore, it really depends on the content and what law is breached.

We expect the trusted flaggers will be non-governmental organisations. ChildLine is an example.

They will apply to Coimisiún na Meán for the status and it is kept for so long. I cannot remember the difference. For out-of-court dispute settlements, it is five years and for trusted flaggers, it is just kept until somebody complains that it no longer meets the criteria. It is really a facility for them. It is not a job for these organisations. It is a facility that means as soon as they spot something in the course of their work and they make a complaint, that complaint has to be given priority treatment by the platform.

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